In some ways it's better than the "Hot" or "Trending" tabs. Both of those tabs are full of articles about bitcoin.
You're right about that! I actually used the New tab a lot when I was new too. Eventually though, most of us gather a list of people we follow and that means spending a lot of time in your followers list to keep up with everything they put out. I've actually had to clean up my list of people I follow a couple of times already, because even keeping up with that sometimes feels like such a chore.
Sometimes (not often) I do visit the New tab, but I always make sure to select an interesting tag to filter it :-)